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Tag: Down’s Syndrome elimination
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Down’s Syndrome Eliminated!
The headline was surprising, claiming that Downs’ Syndrome had almost been eliminated in Iceland. A medical advance? No. As I read on I discovered that with improved screening of children in the womb it is now possible to identify Downs’ Syndrome babies and atermination offered. That’s what elimination meant: babies being eliminated. I remembered the…